Polite People (2011)

Stefán Karl Stefánsson: Lárus Skjaldarson

Quotes 

• [In the hospital corridor, Elísabeth is showing a nurse a textbook that Lárus has written in when he was a child] 

  Elísabet : He was such a creative child.

  [She sees Lárus coming down the hallway and continues gushing to the nurse] 

  Elísabet : Look what I found. From when he was ten. Always dreaming up new things. We thought he'd be a writer.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : Elísabeth, what are you thinking? What do you want from me? Why am I here?

  Elísabet : I want you to be our son. Be here for us.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : You call me just as he's dying, and expect me to pretend that we're family.

  Elísabet : I don't understand why you hate us. I don't understand.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : [icily]  I'll help you with the funeral. And then we are done.

• Lárus Skjaldarson : What are you reading?

  Benni : Hanzel and Gretel. The original version.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : Is that for kids?

  Benni : I got it at school. The normal version is too simple.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : Someone taught you that?

  Benni : No, I read it on Wikipedia.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : [slightly exasperated]  OK.

• Anton : Lárus. Talk to me in my office?

  Lárus Skjaldarson : [shortly]  No. I have nothing to hide. Talk to me.

  Anton : You haven't been performing in this job...

  Lárus Skjaldarson : You're firing me. I'll put that on the list. My wife didn't come home...

  Anton : She was with me. You can see the kids whenever you want. We have to think about the children.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : Anton, you're fucking my wife!

  Anton : Don't you think it's a coincidence that I got promoted while you're still stuck out here?

  [Annoyed, Lárus gets up out of his chair] 

  Lárus Skjaldarson : Blah, blah, blah...

  [He starts off down the stairs] 

  Anton : I thought we were friends.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : I'm broke.

  Anton : That's not my responsibility. I'm only responsible for my feelings towards your wife.

  [Lárus angrily shoves a few pennies into Anton's hand and gets into the elevator] 

• Elín : Your CV is not very impressive.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : Yeah, my CV is not good.

  Elín : [in English]  We only hire winners, Lárus.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : [in English]  I know.

  Elín : [in Icelandic]  You have something big to work here.

• Lárus Skjaldarson : I'm trying to get to know these farmers. We're trying to get money, but you just keep talking and talking and talking...

• [Margrét has just had sex with Lárus, and during their pillow talk is asking him about his family] 

  Lárus Skjaldarson : My parents were... They were never really there. It's no big deal. They were... They are from hell.

  Margrét : What about your mom?

  Lárus Skjaldarson : This is turning into a Danish soap opera.

  [in Danish] 

  Lárus Skjaldarson : I don't want to talk to her.

  [in Icelandic] 

  Lárus Skjaldarson : I don't speak Danish. How's this?

  [in Danish] 

  Lárus Skjaldarson : I don't want to talk to her.

  [in Icelandic] 

  Lárus Skjaldarson : It's like singing.

  [in Danish] 

  Lárus Skjaldarson : I don't want to talk to her.

• [Askur gets into the car. Lárus is sitting in the driver's seat, impatiently tapping the steering wheel with his finger] 

  Askur : That didn't go well.

  Lárus Skjaldarson : I think it would be best if you stayed at the office.

• [Lárus has chased down Þorgeir, who has stolen Lárus' idea and told it to Hrafnkell] 

  Lárus Skjaldarson : Say you're sorry or I will beat you up.

• Lárus Skjaldarson : I have my daughter's homework. She forgot to hand it in.

  [Margrét passionately kisses Lárus and drags him through the doorway, shutting the door behind them] 

• Lárus Skjaldarson : [rehearsing his sales line]  We need your livestock as an investment. We need fucking money.